TCU TENNIS FALLS TO TEXAS 5-2

AUSTIN, TEXAS (February 9, 2008) The No. 35 TCU women’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 25 Texas on Saturday at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin. The loss dropped the Horned Frogs to 0-1 overall, while the Longhorns improved to 2-1on the season.

“I felt like we had a really good opportunity today to come out against a quality opponent who already had a couple of matches under their belt,” said TCU head coach Jefferson Hammond. “With these matchups, we have to have better
esults.”

In doubles play, the Longhorn duo of Stephanie Davison and Caroline Larsson toppled the TCU pair of Maria Babanova and Kewa Nichols by a score of 8-1, while the Texas duo of Maggie Mello and Courtney Zauft clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 victory over Nina Munch-Soegaard and Katariina Tuohimaa. One bright spot came when the 18th-ranked TCU tandem of Macall Harkins and Anna Sydorska dropped the No. 25 Texas duo of Vanja Corovic and Marija Milic by a score of 8-7(4).

After dropping two singles matches at Nos. 5 and 6, Nichols put TCU on the board with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Mello at the No. 4 position.

Texas would go on to clinch the match at the No. 3 position, as Zauft defeated No. 80 Sydorska by a score of 7-6(4), 6-2.

Harkins, who saw her first action with the Purple on White on Saturday, ended the match with a 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4 victory over Davison at the No. 2 slot.

The Frogs will return to action on Wednesday at 3 p.m. as they will meet North Texas in Denton.

No. 25 Texas (2-1) def. No. 35 TCU (0-1), 5-2

SINGLES
1. Vanja Corovic (UT) def. No. 66 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
2. Macall Harkins (TCU) def. Stephanie Davison (UT) 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4
3. Courtney Zauft (UT) def. No. 80 Anna Sydorska (TCU) 7-6(4), 6-2
4. Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Maggie Mello (UT) 6-4, 6-3
5. Caroline Larsson (UT) def. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Sarah Lancaster (UT) def. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) 6-0, 6-4

Order of Finish: 6, 5, 4, 3*, 1, 2

DOUBLES
1. No. 18 Harkins/Sydorska (TCU) def. No. 25 Corovic/Milic (UT) 8-7(4)
2. Mello/Zauft (UT) def. Munch-Soegaard/Tuohimaa (TCU) 8-6
3. Davison/Larsson (UT) def. Babanova/Nichols (TCU) 8-1

Order of Finish: 3, 2*, 1

*Clinching Point